The Fest is upon us, too bad we can’t ALL get together, however eventually we will. What a great opportunity it is to meet the people behind the silly or goofy comments, the jokes and the thoughtful takes. I figure if we keep doing the fest that eventually I’ll get to meet each of you and one time or another. When the Sentinel blog was going full force, when there were probably 100 or more contributors, I thought about a meeting that would take place in a hotel ballroom or such and that all the people from the blog would be there. They’d be broken off into sub groups having discussions about each other’s similarities and what not but nonetheless all there to once and for all meet the person behind the avatar. As these Fests have occurred it brings that vision into focus and the fact that we meet on Saturday night at Dave and Buster’s in our own room makes the vision become very realistic.

Our pal Stanger has taken the reigns on Fest organization and I want to thank him for doing it. He takes care of arranging group seating for all that will attend, he organizes the Saturday evening event at Dave and Busters and to top it off has his friend Warren prepare an amazing spread for the tail gate before the game. Stanger – Thank you for all that you do, the Fests are a wonderful time and you do an amazing job.

This time we have two streaks that need to be broken. 0-7 lifetime against the stupid Texans – that needs to end. The ONLY team the Dolphins have never beaten.

And the other streak of course if our fest losing streak, it seems that besides the first one way back when we played and beat Washington and have subsequently lost every one since.

Both change this weekend!!

So come Fest-ivus with the rest of us!

Manitoba recently got a photoshop program so occasionally some of his “work” gets forwarded along. I’d like to share his latest work, a tie in if you will of Dan Campbell taking over the Dolphins and the new Star Wars movie. It’s pretty good.

Ffr and Bat hate the Wendy’s chick on those Wendy’s commercials; well as much as they hate her I hate the “Final Countdown” commercial for Geico with the song from Europe. That song sucked when it came out! And I agree with Bookman about the Matthew MyGodI’mgay Lincoln commercials – enough – Stop it! I’m not an old lady, I’m not buying a Lincoln.

I just don’t understand why we didn’t go out and get a real OG in the off season. That’s on hickey and tannenbaum. We all knew this was a weakness. How could the FO not know that.

“### Dallas Thomas, rated 98th of 103 guards by Pro Football Focus, remains an issue; offensive coordinator Bill Lazor said there was “inconsistency” from him Sunday after he graded out best on the team in interior runs the previous four weeks. Plus, he has allowed among the most quarterback hurries of any guard in the league, according to PFF.”

I think it could be. I’d probably want to go Thursday, and then drive back on Monday, or maybe Sunday night. I have to see how we’re doing with mileage on the truck, but my guess is we’ll be way under.

Happy Festing F’ers. Wish I was there in the sun rather than here in the cold grey autumn with the Bills in the country for company. Why couldn’t Ross have canned Philbin before the Jets? Still, at least we get to watch a competitive team now and hopefully an entertaining game Sunday.
Howie 31-24 Titans
(will keep backing opposition until we lose one and the streak ends)

LOL @ UK – Still to this date, TSWL is my favorite, even considering the Kleenex costs. I watched it every year, when network TV used to show classic movies every year. Add West Side Story and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and a few others to that list

Wish I could come to the fest this year. I’m missing it for a good cause. #ENDALZ

yeah me too, i am missing it for a good cause too. its called….lazysofaitis, it is a debilitating disease that makes one unable to move off the sofa all day during football. the only known cure that can make one move from the sofa is an elixir of diet coke and captian morgan. the problem with the cure is it only last for 45mins or so and then another dosage is needed.

The Texans have struggled on both sides of the ball and that’s why they’re 2-4. Their QB play has been up and down from Hoyer to Mallett back to Hoyer. Their defense has allowed quite a few points. Not that they don’t have talent because they do, but if we play well we will beat them because we’re a better team.

When Foster isn’t healthy, that Texans offense isn’t very dangerous. That being said, we still need to tackle well. Between Foster and Blue, they will try and run on us like most teams have this season. They don’t want to put too much on Hoyer.

getterdone says:
October 23, 2015 at 2:00 pm
D, I wanna see us take a LT prospect fairly early, then DE, LB, TE, QB (got to think of life w/o Matt Moore).
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I have had a few drafts ive run through where i took a QB in the 4thish round. I took Dak Prescot in 4th as a kinda boom or bust pick, also a guy who if didnt pan out at QB can be converted to TE. I dont really see many prospects out of the top ones that really will be reliable as a backup like there were last year. Hell we would probably be just as good off getting a guy who falls through the draft process and is picked up as an UDFA and replacing Moore with a FA. TE we are in a better position than people suspect, and next years TE class isnt great at all. Vadal i would draft with intention of using him at whichever position had the most need. He would make a really solid OT or OG, he’s as good or better than Collins, so if you guys thought he was a first round prospect you should feel the same about Vadal. Id also consider trading up to draft Tunsil.

I think you have a good idea of the prospects right now. Most the guys arent just flash in the pan guys, those are all solid guys with a history of success. They might break a leg or something serious off the field happen that knocks things off kilter, but most these guys especially the 1-3 round prospects are probably with in a round of two of where they actually wind up.

I actually had just typed it. Im not ignorant to this. There will be a lot that transpires that sets the needs of the team and these will morph many times before draft. I do this for fun not accuracy, but as of right now thats how i see team needs.

I know you know your shit, never questioned that for a second. I just said that our needs can change so much until the next draft, wasn’t really telling you anything you didn’t already know, just felt like saying it. lol

Yea, but our need for o-line has been there for how many drafts now. 😉

Also, it’s nice to see someone else who likes Vadal as a possible early pick for us. Drafting him and Derrick Henry with the first two picks would be awesome start to the 2016 draft. Also, a guy like Jeremy Cash-FS in the 3rd round would be great too. …or Darian Thompson-FS from Boise St.

24-9 Texans. (JJ Swat wreaks havoc on or offense can causes a defensive TD.)
Tannehill completes 42% of his passes and throws 3 picks.
Defense goes back to what it was games 1-3 and cannot stop the run.

why don’t you take family to jaxson’s ice cream world famous and it’s close to where you are at.They serve regular meals and Ice cream that made the place famous.Don’t go past 8pm it will be a wait of 2 hours to get seated.

manitobafinfan says:
October 23, 2015 at 3:50 pm
Yo GDP and Piggy no problem parking at La Quinta on Sunday. We are here🏈
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Toba — Welcome to South FL.
Encourage you to get some of the local fish tonight.
And no Salmon, Bluefish, Striped Bass and Cod don’t count. 🙂

In general, it gives you a great opportunity to run or pass, and if one or both are good receivers, it’s a tough job to cover two bigger guys who can run with LB’s because most LB’s can’t cover TE’s, and it’s a size mismatch for a S or CB

its cool feeding them while waiting for your food to be prepared. At night its even more cool because they have lights where you can see the tarpon. It’s expensive upstairs but downstairs is very reasonable. You can eat upstairs having a salad 10 bucks but it is a big salad that can be a meal. Otherwise you are looking at 100 bucks a person

I ‘ve always ate there with shorts and polo shirt. I would take taxi since it is 4-5 miles away. Average price is about 60-70 bucks per person. Jaxsons ice cream serves regular food and the average per person with ice cream is 25-30

It’s just a really cool place. When I have friends with kids in….a must go. Only problem is that downstairs can be a hard seat find. Lots of locals — which is a recommendation for the place in of itself.

WELL BOTH Brighthouse Networks and Dell’s tech support people told me my 6-month old computer was inoperable; done; fried; KAPUT!! Mrs. OD turns it on and it’s working PERFECTLY NOW!!! WHAT DA FUCK DO THOSE TECH NERDS REALLY KNOW????? SO after 24 hours of no computer I am back on line. In the finest JAHNDOH form, I’m gonna blame PHILBIN for fucking up my computer!!!!! Now Joe’s NOT responsible for aids, the national debt, or parking problems at the stadium. BUT, god-damn it, he MUST stay away from my computer!!!
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REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO D & B’s tomorrow night! TALK TO U GUYS LATER!!–AND thanks so much to STANGER for an UNBELIEVABLE JOB SETTING ALL THIS UP!!–WAY TO GO, JON!!

WARNING TO CHUBBY FESTERS wearing all brown or black; BEAR HUNTING SEASON BEGINS TOMORROW 30 minutes before sunrise!! About 350 Florida citizens have purchased Bear hunting licenses. One of them is a 75 year old Grandma just itchin to pull the trigger. No word if wearing Chicago Bears dark shirts or Chicago Cubs dark blue jerseys increases your risk.
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I suggested to Governor Scott that if Bear hunting season is a success, he should next turn his attention to those wearing New York Jets shirts! — So far, no response from the governor’s office.

Mike Francesa picked the Dolphins last week to break out under the new coach he knows something about being that he was once close to Parcells. He picked them again this week to give the home fans something to cheer about and get their season back by getting to 3-3. 🙂

OD
I also have a Dell and for years now it goes to energy power save mode. Mostly when I turn it on in the morning.
All I do is unplug everything, screen and USBs come home later, plug it all back in and it works.
Most nights I just leave it on now that its the season and turn it off when I leave in the morning

BOULDER
check it out, I couldnt make heads or tails of this so I will leave his score as TENN till he catches it in the morning
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Happy Festing F’ers. Wish I was there in the sun rather than here in the cold grey autumn with the Bills in the country for company. Why couldn’t Ross have canned Philbin before the Jets? Still, at least we get to watch a competitive team now and hopefully an entertaining game Sunday.
Howie 31-24 Titans
(will keep backing opposition until we lose one and the streak ends)

I think this is how we may go. The Mets will have a lot of time off for their pitchers to rest up and focus on the WS. deGrom needs the rest and he’ll get it. The extra days may have helped the Mets pitching staff. We’ll see.

Howie—–remember when you could buy 10 hamburgers for 1 buck at Royal Castle. I know they had 1 on 135 st and university and another on university/palmetto then I think they had another on 183st/7 ave in front of the strip center that had marcella’s Italian restaurant. I know across street from the grand union supermarket. Now those were the days 10 hamburgers with a root beer for under 1.20.

Yes Jetsuck
We used to go to the one on 135th & 7Av allot.
I didnt look at that add yet but I was just thinking about that place and my old friend David Malkin the other day.
When we where about 10 he was the kid in their commercial

We’ve seen our Fins play now for 5 games, and we know when playing decent teams like the bills/jets we’ll get our lunch handed to us when the Philbin (low intensity) Effect takes place. Against poor teams like the Jags/Skins it’s a tossup. When playing with the Campbell (high intensity) Effect we’ve shown we can blowout a poor team.

I don’t expect things to go as well tomorrow as they did last week, nor do I expect to see a game the rest of the yr like we saw in the first 4 weeks either, so somewhere in between would be my guess, with no effort levels less than 75% of what we saw against Tenn.

With that said and the fact that Campbell is using a more balanced attack, we should be closer to the team we expected to start the season, but if we lose to the Texans tomorrow all bets are off that the intensity level will continue to be high.

Subcenter on the corner by Burger King on 19th ave or what the hell was that one next to the gameroom on the corner of Sunny Isle & Collins ave
We would always go to Arbys down by 19th on our way home.
Haulover, Dont get me Started 🙂

Go Clemson. 58-0. 7-0.
I want to see my Dolphins play with that much positive energy again this week.
Howie: 35-10 MIA pls
I predicted this score last week and almost nailed it. I hope I am that close again.

You got me started anyway while sitting out there with no lawn to mow this week.
Skateboarding under the bridge in ’76
Swimming the current in ’78
Diving off the bridge in ’79
Just hanging out on the rocks with our Girls
Party in the Parking lot Fri & Sat night early ’80s
Midnight movie at Sunny Isles afterwards
Playing Frisbee in the parking lot on Sundays till about ’87
Hell I could go on and on about the crazy things in those days
All my friends, shit the whole gang
I probably even knew you If you where there during those days…
HELL YEAH!!!

NCAA Football and the NBA. In college football who came up with the ridiculous formation on punts, I’ve seen more blocked punts, on jailbreak rushes, than there should be. In the NBA they’re finally figuring out that shooting 33% on 3 pters is the same as shooting 50% from inside the 3 pt line, something I’ve been saying for 30 yrs now.

What I’ve been saying is teams should be shooting more 3s. Last yr the Rockets figured it out, they shot the most 3s ever 30 per game, and rarely shot between the 3 pt line and 18′ out, it was either close in or a 3pter.